diff --git a/fs/no-block.c b/fs/no-block.c
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+/* no-block.c: implementation of routines required for non-BLOCK configuration
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+static int no_blkdev_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
+{
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
+const struct file_operations def_blk_fops = {
+	.open		= no_blkdev_open,
+};